There is an influence of various nations in the
Polish cuisine because people from different communities have taken shelter in Poland down the ages resulting in a mixed culture. And henceforth the
Polish cuisine is a blend of culinary traditions of the Jewish, Indo European and other foreign nations. When it comes to the preference of meat in the Polish cuisine, the pork is preferred. In many of the dishes of the
Polish cuisine, one can find the strong influence of French, Hungarian, Jewish, Italian, Germanic, Turkic cuisines. An orthodox Polish lunch composes three courses soup as a starter, followed by an appetizer and lastly the main dish. The restaurants in Poland follow this tradition as well while serving the lunch.
A list of the popular
Polish cuisine is given below starting with the soups:
- flaczki or flaki the lining of the stomach of the pork or beef makes the stew with marjoram
- czernina it is a duck blood soup
- rosσl it is the clear chicken soup
- chlodnik it is a cold soup prepared of soured milk, young beet leaves, cucumbers, beets, and chopped fresh dill
- barszcz it is the beetroot soup very popular among the Slavic nations
- zupa grzybowa it is the mushroom soup and for its preparation the species of mushroom are very particularly chosen
- zur it is the soured rye flour soup prepared with white sausage and/or hard-boiled egg
Few of the main course of
Polish cuisine include:
- bigos it is a stew of sauerkraut and meat
- pierogi these small boiled strips are filled with sauerkraut or mushrooms, meat, potato. A touch of vanilla is also added in certain cases. It is one of the most popular dishes in the Polish cuisine
Few of the Polish cuisines takes hours to be prepared. The tourists can taste the unique dishes and feel themselves on the cloud nine.
